My question however is, why would i trust the "second opinion" of an online professional over that of a doctor WHO ACTUALLY EXAMINED ME in person?
You can take both, there is no this or that. The AI makes a suugestion and the doctor says, agree or not agree.
It happens sometimes, that a doctor dont think that you could have this rare tropical disease, but the AI could make this suggestion and the doc. could say, yes this has to be investigated.